DRUGS: Smoke, drunkenness, the new youth addictions

OFDT-investigation ESCAPAD

It will retain that regular use of cannabis is down, so that the regular use of tobacco (+ 9% in 2 years) and alcohol (+ 18% in 3 years) are high on the rise among young people, much less likely to experiment, even if 94% already at least tried one of these 3 psychoactive substances. These are the first results of the ESCAPAD survey, conducted in March 2011, to alert the public authorities, it seems, disabilities prevention on alcohol and tobacco use among young people.

It should be noted that the investigation is conducted by the French drug and addiction (OFDT) Observatory to 32,000 young people (boys and girls) aged 17 years, their day of appeal. These first results on consumption of psychotropic drugs of 27,000 young in metropolis.